Research Article

Effects of Subjective Memory Complaints (SMCs) and Social Capital on Self-Rated Health (SRH) in a Semirural Malaysian Population

Table 2

Logistic regression analyses assessing the relationship between SMC, social capital, and poor SRH. All models were controlled for gender, ethnicity, age, education, employment, marital status, and depression.

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for poor SRH
Model 1Model 2

SMC
 Mild1.70 (1.50–1.94)1.81 (1.57–2.09)
 Moderate1.90 (1.64–2.20)2.47 (2.09–2.92)
Social capital0.86 (0.82–0.89)0.82 (0.77–0.87)
Interactions
 Social capital × SMC
  Mild1.07 (0.99–1.16)
  Moderate1.26 (1.16–1.37)

. Model 1: the effect of SMC and social capital on poor SRH controlling for sociodemographic factors and depression; Model 2: Model 1 + interaction term: SMC × social capital.